Growing Up With Lucy by Steve Grand

STEVE Grand learned about androids from comic books when he was a kid. They were built from shiny titanium and were much stronger and smarter than humans.

He assumed that by the time he was an adult such machines would be commonplace. He grew up and became a programmer, designing the successful computer game Creatures. Years later, he was awarded an OBE for his work on artificial life. And still there were no androids – so he decided to build his own. Unfortunately, he …